New Senate races spreadsheet

A new spreadsheet, updated with corrections from readers and additional petitions filed with the state Board of Election and New York City Board of Elections.

Interestingly, both “Baby Joe” Mesi (D, WFP) and Michael Ranzenhofer (R) have filed petitions for the Independence Party line in the 61st Senate District to replace retiring Republican Sen. Mary Lou Rath. Since both Mesi and Ranzenhofer are both registered with other parties, it is unclear as to how this will be resolved by the state party, which needs to issue certificates of authorization to allow them to run for the line. There’s a state meeting of the state Independence Party on Saturday.

Authorizations will be made over the weekend, according to Thomas Connolly and will file the certificates of authorizations on Monday.